Simon Ostheimer

Biography

Growing up in colonial Hong Kong, Simon Ostheimer has always felt more at home in Asia than anywhere else; spending family holidays exploring the streets of Saigon, wandering through the museums of Singapore; playing on the beaches of Boracay, and eating char kway teow at the food stalls of Penang. It probably explains why he later became an Asia-specialist writer and editor.

Current position

I am Managing Editor for The Phu-ket News, Thailand's leading English-language weekly newspaper (www.thephuketnews.com). Responsibilities include overseeing the paper and website. marketing, issue planning, managing a multi ethnic and multilingual team, setting deadlines, balancing budgets, editing copy, and initiating special projects. I am also the initiator and creator of the Phu-ket Colouring Book.

Freelance writer

I have written widely on a variety of topics that include travel, sports, arts, entertainment, music, technology, books, music, design and architecture. I contribute regular articles for magazines such as Dwell Asia, Surface Asia, Business Traveller Asia-Pacific, Expatriate Lifestyle, Esquire, Travel & Leisure, DestinAsian, CNN Travel, Vacations & Travel, Eight by Dusit, Fah Thai, Expat Living Singapore, Jetstar, Sawasdee, Epicure, The Expat Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok 101.

Professional editor

Based in Phu-ket, I am an editor and writer with a decade's editorial experience working with travel, city, entertainment and lifestyle publications and websites across Asia's capitals and tourism hubs – covering the Chinese cities of Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong, as well as Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Bangkok and Phu-ket, Thailand – always in senior and managerial editorial roles.